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MSc/PgDip in Digital Signal Processing and
Intelligent Systems
Director of Studies: Professor Costas Xydeas and Dr Plamen Angelov.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its
equivalent, in electronic/electrical engineering, physics or mathematics
(MSc). Applicants not meeting entry requirements can be considered
for a PgDip.
Assessment: Combination of examinations, coursework, project and
dissertation.
IELTS: 6.5
Funding: EPSRC - see also page 196.
Further Information:
www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk
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This course has been designed for graduates in engineering, www
science or technology who are seeking advanced knowledge and
specialised design skills in DSP techniques. Although the course is
Under current UK Government Department of Trade and Industry
mainly concerned with the application of DSP in telecommunica-
regulations international students on our postgraduate schemes are
tions, it also provides you with training on the general use of DSP
granted permission (Science and Engineering Graduates Scheme
techniques in many different application areas including: robotics
(SEGS) to work in the UK for up to a year after their studies.
and autonomous systems; hi-fi and domestic electronic equipment;
medical systems; geophysical and underwater; sensor networks;
TAUGHT COURSES
aerospace; and automotive and environmental systems.
We offer the following taught postgraduate programmes:
It is this generic nature of DSP, coupled with its role as a key
MSc/PgDip in Mobile Broadband Communications
enabling technology in the design of next generation systems that
makes graduates from this course sought after by employers in
Director of Studies: Professors Garik Markarian and Farideh Honary.
high technology industries. The course is supported with several
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
EPSRC studentships.
Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its
equivalent, in electronic/electrical engineering, physics or mathematics
MSc/PgDip in Social Network Technologies
(MSc). Applicants not meeting entry requirements can be considered
Director of Studies: Drs Paul Coulton and Reuben Edwards.
for a PgDip.
Duration: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time.
Communication Systems
Assessment: Combination of examinations, coursework, project and
Entry Requirements: At least a second class honours degree, or its
dissertation.
equivalent, in electronic/electrical engineering or computing (MSc).
IELTS: 6.5
Applicants not meeting entry requirements can be considered for a
Funding: Please see page 196.
PgDip.
Further Information:
www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk
Assessment: Combination of coursework, presentations,
examinations, project and dissertation.
Third generation wireless and beyond (B3G) systems have
IELTS: 6.5
generated ever-increasing interest over the last few years. This has
Funding: Please see page 196.
echnology:
been fuelled by a demand for higher frequency utilisation and a
Further Information:
www.dcs.lancs.ac.uk
large number of users requiring simultaneous multi-dimensional
high data rate access for applications of wireless Internet, mobile
This course provides you with the skills to create mobile
TV, location based services, presence, etc. B3G mobile will use new
applications such as games that can be integrated into social
network architectures to deliver these innovative services in a more
networking sites. The course covers both native and web based
generic structure to customers. Large bandwidth, guaranteed
environments from all the major phone development environments
quality of service, system convergence, and ease of deployment are
and is taught by internationally recognised experts in this field.
all challenges that must be met by B3G mobile.
Specific topics include context aware games, mixed and
augmented reality, user-generated content, mobile web 2.0,
Science and T
You will be provided with the necessary knowledge to successfully
collective intelligence, perpetual beta, mash-ups, location-based
meet the challenges of WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE)
applications, community building, reflective applications. The
wireless broadband communication systems, IP Multimedia
course receives extensive support from Forum Nokia and benefits
Subsystem (IMS), MIMO systems, space-time coding, software
from phone donations and being the only Department in the UK to
defined radio and re-configurable analogue and digital RF systems.
have Forum Nokia Pro developer status.
You will have an opportunity to work in our recently established
wireless broadband laboratory, which is equipped with the latest Students graduating with the skills this course provides are already
WiMAX equipment donated by APERTO Networks (USA) and highly sought after and are likely to be at the forefront of the
Rinicom Ltd (UK), and work closely with industry in their projects. mobile services revolution.
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